Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
The apostle enjoins mutual confession of sins, not to priests but to one another, that we may obtain pardon through the intercession of our brethren. This is a useful remedy for discovering our transgressions and gaining help through prayer.
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Swearing is forbidden not only when provoked by enemies but in all ordinary conversation; it is a grievous sin too common among the Jews and, shamefully, even among some who claim the name of Christ.
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Commenting on James 5:12-20
Confession here means acknowledging sins committed against one another for mutual reconciliation, not the auricular confession of papists to priests; and true prayer must come from the righteous man, one justified by Christ's righteousness and sincere in heart, not from profane sinners whom God refuses to hear.
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